CVE-2017-11793

Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11792, CVE-2017-11796, CVE-2017-11798, CVE-2017-11799, CVE-2017-11800, CVE-2017-11801, CVE-2017-11802, CVE-2017-11804, CVE-2017-11805, CVE-2017-11806, CVE-2017-11807, CVE-2017-11808, CVE-2017-11809, CVE-2017-11810, CVE-2017-11811, CVE-2017-11812, and CVE-2017-11821.

• CWE-119

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039532Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11793Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43368/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039532Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11793Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43368/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Oct 13, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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